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Well, I took the F800S in for the 600 mile service this morning at 10AM Mountain Standard Time (we never switch to Daylight Time, here). Picked it up at 4:15PM not from that, as it passed the service great (reporting no shards of metal in the oil whatsover), and told me I did the break-in perfectly.

The problem was I have the TPM system which has been weird since day One. When it reports an error, it sticks, and was 3 lbs. low on several calibrated gauges. Finally, they check, and, aha, there was a software upgrade, which they did, and they said it's Ok now. We'll see.

Meanwhile, I took the pics I wanted to post. Here the first one showing the LED taillight...

The other side

The other side shows the tail cover better. Nice piece just $$$. I just love the look and it is the only cosmetic farkle. The LED taillight was more suited to our highways here. It keeps tailgators away.

You are right Tweety One; I thought the picture was attached after having to down size it and then it didn't want to upload and then I thought it had and then I sent the message and it wasn't on it. Oh well, your pictures are really good.

You are right Tweety One; I thought the picture was attached after having to down size it and then it didn't want to upload and then I thought it had and then I sent the message and it wasn't on it. Oh well, your pictures are really good.

Right you are too Riders. Mine were about 4.5 Mbs each and with me using Photoshop it took several attempts to downsize them to fit. PIA but ultimately succesful.

Thanks Tweety1. The tankbag is just a small one that I got from J.C. Whitney and it was only about 50 dollars the time I got it here. I have an Eclipse tail bag that I will probably use. My wife has a R1100S with hard bags; so she will get to carry more when we travel. The Sportbags sound like a good idea and I may go with them. I see you have a RX8; we had a couple of RX7s. Later

Those Saddlebags really look nice!! Where did you get them and how much were they??

Thanks riders, I like them too, but I only use saddlebags as needed, not fulltime, ergo, frameless, strap ons.
No changing rack or left over frames.

Got the whole set, saddlebags and tank bag from RKA Luggage. I have dealt with them before and they are great! Talk to Richard Battles, he is so knowledgeable, nice, and a fellow BMW MC afflicted one like us!

The saddlebags were $175 and the tank bag was $110.00 but both actually come with silver piping I did not want. And, because I asked for black on black, Richard waived the $30 custom color charge for me. Our yellow is available but I still wanted the black on black. And, before you might think these are pricey, go the website and see the features they have.

great thread

Wow. What a great conversation about 800s. Very helpful to someone who's thinking about buying one.
I own an R1200RT which I love. But below 8mph it's tippy and my inseam is 29"
I've started shopping for seats - then a couple of days ago I read an 800 review in
ON and have begun to think the smart move may be to an 800ST.
I found a discussion group in which there were some cautionary comments about
handle bar vibration on the ST. Anyone had problems with that?